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15 Feb 2014 As a series of unprecedented storms continue to wreak havoc on the country, Dr Angela Connelly, from The University of Manchester who has just completed research into innovative new flood technologies, argues we can no longer rely on large scale flood defences.

Stanford police evacuated Tresidder Memorial Union and many of the buildings in its vicinity after a passerby reported seeing a suspicious backpack.

o Australian city centre revival project turned area into a top tourist destination o Empty shop rates across the UK stand at 11.1 per cent An internationally-recognised regeneration expert wi

Modern computer systems are becoming increasingly parallel, which can make them much more challenging to use efficiently.

'Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, have we got something to show you! Prepare to be impressed!' With a nice touch of showmanship, Ian Smith, Principal Investigator at the Future Cities Lab (FCL), was presenting the Simulation Platform Research Module.

We go up and down them all the time - but seldom do we think about their historical development as elements of architecture.

WHAT: The complex move of the historic Girton Hall, designed by famed architect and University of California, Berkeley, alumna Julia Morgan, will conclude Sunday morning (Jan.

This February, the Yale School of Architecture (YSOA) will launch its 2014 exhibition program with "Archaeology of the Digital," a look at the foundations of digital architecture in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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The Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Bob Sheil as new Director of the School, effective from January 2014.

PhD student Kerry Massheder outside Liverpool's only remaining court dwellings on Pembroke Place Liverpool was once dominated by court housing, but with only one example remaining in the city a research project is seeking first hand accounts of life in these dense domestic settings.

Stanford has created two new maps - the interactive online Stanford Arts Map and the sturdy paper Campus Arts Map - to help art lovers find their way to one or all of the university's 87 works of publ

With its innovative approach to sustainable design, the new Cornell NYC Tech campus on Roosevelt Island will be more than another ivory tower, as its forward-leaning design has innovative building technologies.

For 20 years architectural historian Dr James Campbell waited for someone to write a definitive book about libraries.

Innovative designs for retrofitting the vast NHS estate to stem rising carbon emissions and adapt hospitals to perform through a changing climate are being created through a multi-university collaborative effort.

As the skyscraper centre of the world continues to shift from North America to China, architecture students from The University Of Nottingham are keeping pace with the country's rapidly changing skyline.

The Secret Language of Sacred Spaces, a richly-illustrated overview of the religious architecture of the world by University of Bristol historian Jon Cannon, will be launched at St Stephen's Church, Bristol this Saturday [9 November].

A replica 12th Century Chinese gateway has been built by Masters students of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne and was officially launched at Malvern Primary School today.

A revolutionary new architecture aims to make the internet more "social" by eliminating the need to connect to servers and enabling all content to be shared more efficiently.

With the Houses of Parliament requiring costly renovation, new research suggests we may have something to learn from plans in the 1730s to rebuild the Palace of Westminster.

The sea sustains life but also threatens it. An innovative design concept by Ed Barsley aims to contend with rising seawater by welcoming it into our coastal settlements.

With winter around the corner some homeowners may be thinking about plugging all the leaks in their home to make them less drafty.

A live demonstration of a hybrid packet-optical circuit switched software-defined network (SDN) will take place at Europe's largest optical event next week.

The Facility for Low Energy eXperiments in Buildings (FLEXLAB) is designed to be a national focal point for developing, simulating and testing energy-efficient technologies and strategies for buildings.

ANN ARBOR-In a long-buried Italian city, archaeologists have found a massive monument that dates back 300 years before the Colosseum and 100 years before the invention of mortar, revealing that the Romans had grand architectural ambitions much earlier than previously thought.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. In complex crisis situations involving military situation awareness, homeland security and other time-sensitive scenarios, teams of experts must often make difficult decisions within a narrow time frame.

Microfluidic circulatory system embedded in windows may help reduce air-conditioning costs Sun-drenched rooms make for happy residents, but large glass windows also bring higher air-conditioning bills.

The University of Glasgow has completed the transfer of ownership of the last part of the Western Infirmary site resulting in the entire fourteen acres now being owned by the University.

Nerve cells make their connections at junctions called synapses, following a precise architecture that is mostly laid out early in development. But how do the synapses maintain their correct positions as the animal grows? Scientists at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Utah have produced the first evidence that this process relies on glial cells to communicate growth information, and identified a novel molecular pathway that could be linked in human to neurological disease.

The growth of The University of Nottingham 's campuses is showcased in a new book of stunning photographs by Nottingham-based architectural photographer Martine Hamilton Knight.

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Natural ventilation technology which has the potential to reduce heating bills by as much as 50%, while drastically reducing energy consumption, has been developed by a Cambridge spin-out.

The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL will present innovative designs in its annual student showcase The Bartlett Summer Show from 21 - 29 June.

03 Jun 2013 A changing climate and the increasing prevalence of surface water flooding means we can no longer rely only on large defences to protect people and property, according to a University of Manchester researcher.

Gathering stones from riverbeds surrounding the Indian city of Chandigarh in 1958, Nek Chand, a local road inspector, began to build what is now the country's second most popular tourist destination after the Taj Mahal.

UCLA Architecture and Urban Design (A.UD) will carry the narrative of modern architecture in Los Angeles forward from its influential past to the future with " Extreme IDEAS: Architecture at t

01 May 2013 Meteorologists have gained a better understanding of how storms like the one that battered Britain in 1987 develop, making them easier to predict.

Game changing research on quantum nanoscience, greenhouse gas emissions, managing wild dingos and finding a cure for cerebral palsy are among the achievements that have won 2013 Fulbright Scholarships for one University of Sydney staff member, two PhD candidates and three alumni.

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